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Last season was Jeremy Lewis' first year of playing organized football, but it appears the Palm Beach Lakes standout is a quick learner. A month ago, a half-dozen schools started offering him scholarships. Sunday, the defensive tackle committed to Miami, raising the Hurricanes' list of early commitments for the 2008 signing class to five. "I don't see any need for me to wait," Lewis said when asked why he made such an early commitment. "I felt last night that's where I wanted to go. "My mom said to me, `If that's where your heart is at, then do it.' I called [defensive line coach Clint Hurtt]

Posted by Shandel Richardson on September 22, 2009 07:20 AM, September 22, 2009

UM offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland knows things will change at some point. There's no way of avoiding the bumps, bruises and fatigue that come with playing football, especially at offensive line. That's why Stoutland feels the younger lineman will have to be ready sooner than later if the Hurricanes are going to continuing providing support for quarterback Jacory Harris. The offensive line has been one of the remarkable stories during the early portion of the season. The Hurricanes have used a six-man rotation, with Jason Fox and Orlando Franklin playing most or the entire game.

Posted by Shandel Richardson on September 14, 2009 02:13 PM, September 14, 2009

The Hurricanes used only six offensive linemen in last week's win at Florida State. Tackle Jason Fox never left the field, and had no problem with it. Fox said Monday the line is very much prepared for working a little overtime. It's no secret UM has depth problems on the line, but no one expected it to play only six guys. UM coach Randy Shannon said the reason is because he wants to bring along slowly younger players such as Brandon Washington, Jermaine Johnson and Ben Jones. Until something changes, blocking for Jacory Harris will be the six-man tandem of Fox, Matt Pipho, Orlando Franklin, Joel Figueroa, Harland Gunn and A.J. Trump.

Posted by Shandel Richardson on October 20, 2009 05:19 PM, October 20, 2009

Last week was last week. That's seems to be the motto for UM's offensive line. It was one of the problem areas last week, allowing a season-high six sacks against UCF. Guard Orlando Franklin said it's already been addressed as a group. What happened is in the past. The focus now is Clemson. "You got to leave last week as last week and concentrate on Clemson," Franklin said. "They have a really good front seven, you know." The struggles can be traced to two factors. The Hurricanes were without guard Joel Figueroa, which led to only five linemen in the rotation.

The 31-17 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday cost the Hurricanes the Coastal Division, but not individual acclaim on Monday. For the second time this season, RB Lamar Miller was named ACC Rookie of the Week and RG Brandon Washington was named Offensive Lineman of the Week. Miller, a redshirt freshman, rushed 15 times for a career-high 163 yards and one TD against Virginia Tech. Ryan Williams , who had 142 yards and two TDs on 14 carries for the Hokies, was named ACC Offensive Back of the Week.

Freshman TE Asante Cleveland says he was a little nervous leaving the huddle and lining up. He ran his route, and there it was — a chance for his first career catch. "When I saw the ball coming my way, it made me smile," Cleveland said. He grabbed it and another pass for two catches and 20 yards against Duke. Cleveland, who guessed he played about 10 snaps, a few more than against Florida State, appears to have supplanted Chase Ford as No. 2 behind Richard Gordon.

The Hurricanes could be without their most veteran offensive lineman Saturday at Virginia. Starting LT Orlando Franklin limped around significantly during Tuesday morning's practice and didn't participate in drills. Franklin injured his left knee during the fourth quarter of Saturday's 33-10 win against North Carolina when he was hit in the knee. True freshman Seantrel Henderson , who has started the past four games at RT, filled in Franklin's spot during 11-on-11. Jermaine Johnson replaced Henderson at RT. Miami's offensive line has been impressive even though entering this season, the senior Franklin had played just two games at tackle, junior Harland Gunn was moving from RG to LG , sophomore RG Brandon Washington had started two games and junior C Tyler Horn had zero starts.

By Shandel Richardson e-mail: srichardson@SunSentinel.com Twitter:@ssUMcanes Blog: http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_college_hurricanes/ Next game: vs. Sept. 2 vs. Florida A & M, Sun Life Stadium When, TV: TBA CORAL GABLES — With the running back position so crowded at Miami, most freshmen would welcome the possibility of redshirting. Not Storm Johnson. Johnson, who enrolled in January, said he has no plans of not playing this season.

CORAL GABLES – Hurricanes receiver Leonard Hankerson, right guard Brandon Washington and punter Matt Bosher were named first-team All-ACC on Monday. Six other UM players – running back Damien Berry, linebacker Sean Spence, left tackle Orlando Franklin, defensive end Allen Bailey, cornerback Brandon Harris and safety Ray Ray Armstrong – were selected second-team all-conference. Hankerson received the third most votes for All-ACC (118). Boston College running back Montel Harris got 122 and Clemson defensive end Da'Quan Bowers got 120. The UM senior, who has 66 catches for 1,085 yards and 12 touchdowns, broke Michael Irvin's school record for touchdowns in a season and tied Willie Smith's record for most catches in a season.

There is a lot of talk out there about some current UM commitments possibly rethinking their decisions. I wouldn't put much stock into that because all the verbals are pretty solid, basically 100 percent sure. Even defensive tackle Luther Robinson. The four players to keep an eye on are tight end Billy Sanders, offensive lineman Andrew Tiller, tight end Sheldon Richardson and linebacker Sam Barrington. The most interesting prospect is Richardson, a player from the St. Louis area who could be an immediate impact player.